CNN is reporting this morning on food stamps being halted next month because of the government shutdown, explaining that DHS has said it doesn’t have the money to cover the $8 billion for November.
Here’s what they write:
In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown.
The US Department of Agriculture has said it does not have the money to pay $8 billion in food stamp benefits for November amid the funding impasse on Capitol Hill that led the government to shut down on October 1. The agency argues it cannot tap into its roughly $6 billion contingency fund to cover next month’s benefits, though Democratic lawmakers and advocates claim the USDA should — or is even obligated to — use the money.
Without help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the formal name for food stamps, many recipients are going to have to decide whether to use their limited budgets to buy groceries, pay rent, fill prescriptions or turn on the heat, said Ed Bolen, director of state SNAP strategies for the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Here’s what we know about the looming pause in SNAP benefits:
Food stamps will not be issued for November. When beneficiaries will feel the impact varies since states typically provide the benefits on a rolling basis during the month. Some will miss their payments as soon as Saturday, November 1, while others won’t be hit until later in the month.
How many people will be impacted? How many are senior citizens or children?
Nearly 42 million people — or about 1 in 8 Americans — received food stamps in May, according to the latest USDA data.
The article goes on to detail how states can’t afford to pay for food stamps on their own, and what limited options people have to get food who need it.
It ends by saying:
Will recipients receive November’s payment when the funding impasse ends?
Experts believe November’s benefits will be issued at the end of the shutdown, but this is uncharted territory, so they cautioned that they aren’t sure.
Noticing anything missing in the article?
First, the article seems to blame the Trump administration for not tapping in to a $6 billion contingency fund by saying “Democratic lawmakers and advocates claim the USDA should — or is even obligated to — use the money.”
So CNN will claim that Democrats are advocating for people who need food stamps, but won’t mention that it’s Senate Democrats who are preventing people from getting the very same food stamps!
That’s right, nowhere in their article does it once mention that the cessation of food stamp benefits is because Democrats have shut the government down. Not once.
This is why CNN is absolute garbage. They still run interference for Democrats even when they are the ones causing this massive problem. And yes, we all know exactly what CNN would say if Republicans had shut the government down a month ago. REPUBLICANS WANT CHILDREN TO DIE OF STARVATION.